wave vs comber

wave and comber both are nouns.

wave is a verb but comber is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wave	Yes	No	Yes	No
comber	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, comber is a hyponym of wave; that is, comber is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wave:

wave: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
comber: a long curling sea wave

Other hyponyms of wave include breaker, breakers, surf, backwash, wake, swash, riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet, crestless wave, swell, lift, rise, billow, surge, tidal wave, tidal wave, tsunami, roll, roller, rolling wave, white horse, whitecap.

wave (noun)	comber (noun)
a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon	a machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair	a long curling sea wave
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand	a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
something that rises rapidly
a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
an undulating curve

wave (verb)	comber (verb)
set waves in
signal with the hands or nod
move or swing back and forth
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

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